"We are Tired" - Borno Widows Beg Boko Haram to accept Amnesty

A cross section of the widows affected by different attacks of the outlawed sect made the appeal while speaking with newsmen in Maiduguri, the state capital.

Hajiya Yagunsu Umar, a mother of five, who lost her husband in 2011, said the Boko Haram violent campaign had negatively affected women in the state.

“My husband was killed in September 2011 shortly after returning from the mosque in the evening in Gwange, Layin Tanki, Maiduguri. I had to move to my brother’s house in Ruwan-Zafi,” Umar said.

She added that her brother was also killed two weeks after she moved into his house, adding: “My brother Alhaji Modu Ibrahim, a big-time groundnut oil dealer, was also shot at his shop in Gamboru market.”

Another widow who gave her name as Malama Falmata Ibrahim, claimed that the Boko Haram crisis had impacted negatively on different families.

According to her, “Women have suffered most in the ongoing Boko Haram crisis; we have lost our husbands, parents, children and even fiances. We are appealing to the sect to please take advantage of the planned amnesty and initiate talks with the government.” .. DailyPost